Dear Diary,
Lately my mother has been really careful with saving eggs because she was the one who decided to get the more expensive breed of hens. She saved so many that she decided to bake cakes with some of them to make some extra money. A lady in town wanted these cakes for a party she was throwing, so today my mother went to town. However when my mother got there she said that she was no longer throwing the party and therefore no longer wanted the cakes. She should have taken them though because she gave my mother her word. Since my mother needs to do something with the cakes she is thinking about selling them at the bazaar on Saturday, but there is no way she will get as much money for them. That lady should have just taken the cakes. I mean its not like the cakes really cost anything to make with all of the eggs my mother has been saving, but still if you say you are going to pay for a cake you should pay for it. That lady needs to get some manners because what she did to my mother was rude. She should have still taken the cakes.
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Jewel
pages 14-15
Addie's reaction
Jewel is just as violent as his birth. He gets mad about the littlest things. Only he would be upset about Cash building my coffin right in front of me. I guess he doesn't want there to be any kind of reminder of approaching death. I don't really care about the whole death thing though. It might even be a good thing. I might finally have my aloneness back intact and not feel so violated.
Perhaps it isn't that he doesn't want me to be reminded of my death, but that he doesn't want to be reminded of it. He is after all the only one who seems to care. Of course I don't blame the rest of them for not caring. Its not like I care about them anyway. The only one I like is Jewel and I am not even too sure I like him. I think it might just be that I like how he reminds me of my time spent with Whitfield. I enjoyed my time with him, though I doubt that was because of him. It was more likely just the feeling that comes with doing something wrong that I liked.
This picture shows Vardaman when he blames Peabody for his mother's death and so he goes out to the barn and starts beating Peabody's horse with a stick.
Dewey Dell
pages 58-64
Waiting to Wake The perfunctory kiss,
the knot you can't undo,
the evacuee:
beyond all this,
the embarrassment in two
becoming three
By: Hamish Ironside
Ironside, Hamish. "Waiting to Wake." Parnassus: Poetry in Review. Vol. 27. N.p.:
n.p., 2003. 212. Literary Reference Center. Web. 24 Mar. 2010.
<http://web.ebscohost.com>.
This poem describes how Dewey Dell doesn't really want anyone to know about the mistake she made in getting pregnant (especially her father) because she is embarrassed and afraid.
Vardaman
page 84
Extended Response
My mother must be a fish because the fish was once alive and now it is dead. My mother was also once alive and is now dead so therefore she must be a fish. If my mother is a fish then all I have to do to get my mother back is catch another fish. Since I would have I live fish then my mother would have to be alive. I asked Dewey Dell where I could find a fish and she said she saw one in the bog. So that is where I am headed now. I really hope I can catch another fish because I want my mother back. I am sure my mother is a fish, but Darl says that Jewel's mother is a horse. He also said that he had no mother. So if we all used to have the same mother how does that work? Does that mean that my mother is also a horse or that I don't have one? I don't know how that works but maybe if I get my mother back Jewel and Darl would also have one.
This poem describes Addie's section really well because it is about how she hates Anse and all of her children except for Jewel. This poem describes all of the hatred that Addie probably feels.
Cora
pages 6-9
Dear Diary,
Lately my mother has been really careful with saving eggs because she was the one who decided to get the more expensive breed of hens. She saved so many that she decided to bake cakes with some of them to make some extra money. A lady in town wanted these cakes for a party she was throwing, so today my mother went to town. However when my mother got there she said that she was no longer throwing the party and therefore no longer wanted the cakes. She should have taken them though because she gave my mother her word. Since my mother needs to do something with the cakes she is thinking about selling them at the bazaar on Saturday, but there is no way she will get as much money for them. That lady should have just taken the cakes. I mean its not like the cakes really cost anything to make with all of the eggs my mother has been saving, but still if you say you are going to pay for a cake you should pay for it. That lady needs to get some manners because what she did to my mother was rude. She should have still taken the cakes.
Kate
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Jewel
pages 14-15
Addie's reaction
Jewel is just as violent as his birth. He gets mad about the littlest things. Only he would be upset about Cash building my coffin right in front of me. I guess he doesn't want there to be any kind of reminder of approaching death. I don't really care about the whole death thing though. It might even be a good thing. I might finally have my aloneness back intact and not feel so violated.
Perhaps it isn't that he doesn't want me to be reminded of my death, but that he doesn't want to be reminded of it. He is after all the only one who seems to care. Of course I don't blame the rest of them for not caring. Its not like I care about them anyway. The only one I like is Jewel and I am not even too sure I like him. I think it might just be that I like how he reminds me of my time spent with Whitfield. I enjoyed my time with him, though I doubt that was because of him. It was more likely just the feeling that comes with doing something wrong that I liked.
Anyway my death will probably be hard for Jewel. He says he wants to be alone with me on my last days. Maybe this would help him but it isn't possible. I am stuck in bed for my remaining days. Stuck with people who I hate.
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Vardaman
pages 53-57
This picture shows Vardaman when he blames Peabody for his mother's death and so he goes out to the barn and starts beating Peabody's horse with a stick.
Dewey Dell
pages 58-64
Waiting to Wake
The perfunctory kiss,
the knot you can't undo,
the evacuee:
beyond all this,
the embarrassment in two
becoming three
By: Hamish Ironside
Ironside, Hamish. "Waiting to Wake." Parnassus: Poetry in Review. Vol. 27. N.p.:
n.p., 2003. 212. Literary Reference Center. Web. 24 Mar. 2010.
<http://web.ebscohost.com>.
This poem describes how Dewey Dell doesn't really want anyone to know about the mistake she made in getting pregnant (especially her father) because she is embarrassed and afraid.
Vardaman
page 84
Extended Response
My mother must be a fish because the fish was once alive and now it is dead. My mother was also once alive and is now dead so therefore she must be a fish. If my mother is a fish then all I have to do to get my mother back is catch another fish. Since I would have I live fish then my mother would have to be alive. I asked Dewey Dell where I could find a fish and she said she saw one in the bog. So that is where I am headed now. I really hope I can catch another fish because I want my mother back. I am sure my mother is a fish, but Darl says that Jewel's mother is a horse. He also said that he had no mother. So if we all used to have the same mother how does that work? Does that mean that my mother is also a horse or that I don't have one? I don't know how that works but maybe if I get my mother back Jewel and Darl would also have one.
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Darl
pages 128-136
Cash
page165
Extended Response
They should have listened to me. I told them several times the coffin needed to be on a balance. Did they listen to me? Of course not. My family needs to stop rushing through things and do them the way they are supposed to be done. It is impossible for something to be done too precisely. They don't feel the same way. Maybe now they will listen to me. Maybe now they will be more concerned about doing things correctly. Maybe now they won't look down upon the way I think because if they hadn't before we wouldn't have almost lost her.
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Addie
pages 169-176
I Hate You.
I hate the way you dressI hate that you are a mess
I hate your eyes
I hate your lies.
I hate it when you talk
I hate the way you walk
I hate your smile
I hate your style.
I hate your arms
I hate your charms
I hate your face
I hate your place.
I hate your hands
I hate your plans
I hate the way you think
I hate it when you drink.
I hate when you call
I hate it all
I hate it that you are true
I hate you when I’m blue.
I hate you when you sleep
I hate you very deep
I hate the way you kiss
I hate to be like this.
Patricia Perez
http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/patricia-perez/i-hate-you-89/
This poem describes Addie's section really well because it is about how she hates Anse and all of her children except for Jewel. This poem describes all of the hatred that Addie probably feels.
Moseley
pages 198-205
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Darl
pages 218-222
This image shows Jewel when he risks his life to save Addie's coffin from the barn Darl set on fire.